Books about sleep

Our all-around favorite book here for parents about sleep is Take Charge of Your Child’s Sleep, by Owens and Mindell. It not only explains some of the science behind sleep and child sleep problems from toddlerhood through adolescence, but it also does a great job at balancing the scientific evidence base around child sleep on one hand with the reality that not every child and family is typical.

A Clinical Guide to Pediatric Sleep — this is essentially a more clinical and technical version of the book above. It’s aimed at clinicians, but parents who want all the scientific details and rationale may want this book.